Pop Art & Op Art Presentation

P O P

A R T

& OP ART BY ANDREA BLANCO

OVERVIEWemerged in the 1950sChallenged traditionEmploys advertising & comic booksMuch of it considered incongruentAimed to use pictures of popular as opposed to elitist culture in art

OVERVIEWIt removes an object from its content and isolates or combines it with other objects

OVERVIEWIt is widely interpreted as a reaction to the “painterly loos-ness” of Abstract Expressionism

OVERVIEWIt is very similar to Dada

OVERVIEWIt precedes Postmodern Art

ORIGINSAmerica - Elvis Presley era Hard-edged composition Representational art Occurred in the context of bigger social issues (Civil rights & Vietnam War) Response to irony & parody Used to diffuse personal symbolism US artists were inspired by the experiences of living within that culture - Real life

ORIGINSBritain - The Beatles era Emerged simultaneously, but independently of America Juxtaposes images of American culture to mock them through contrast More academic Focus on pardoxical imagery of American pop culture Fueled by the US culture viewed from afar - powerful & manipulative

ORIGINSExtension & repudation of Dada Both explored similar subjects Replaced destructive, satirical, and anarchic impulses Used artifacts of mass culture

artist’s work that led up to Pop Art...

Pablo PicassoCo-founder of Cubism

Pablo Picasso

Marcel DuchampDadaist & Surrealist movements

Kurt SchwittersDada, Constructivism & Surrealism

Man RaySurrealism & Dadaism

In the United StatesAlthough developed in the 50s, more widespread in the 60sBy the 60s advertising was much more sophisticatedArtists had to search deeper for dramatic stylesStyles meant to separate from well designed materials

British thoughts: US pop art is romantic, sentimental & humorous British produced aggressive work

Important Pop artists

Andy Warhol

Most famous pop art figureShared a commonplace image of American pop culture with manyTreated the subject in an impersonal manner illustrating mass productionAttempted to take pop art beyond art, to a lifestyleWork often displays lack of human affection, similar to work of his peers

1928-1987

Roy Lichtenstein1923-1997

His work defines the basic premise of pop art bestSubject matter: Old-fashioned comic stripProduced hard-edged, very precise compositionsCompositions document while parody

Robert Rauschenberg1925-2008

Related to earlier work of Schwitters & other DadaistsBiggest concern: Social issues of the movementAprroach: create art out of ephemeral materials, using topical eventsWork was classified as Neo-Dada, visually distincitve from classic US pop art

“I really feel sorry for people who think

things like soap dishes or mirrors or Coke bottles are ugly, because they’re sur-

rounded by things like that all day long, and it must make them

miserable”

OP ART

OVERVIEWStyle of visual art using optical illusionsMany of the works are very abstractMost well known peices are black & white

When view looks at the art, the impression is given of movement, hidden images, flashing and vibration, patterns or swelling and warping

“Optical art is a method of painting con-cerning the interaction between illusion & picture plane, between understanding &

seeing”

HISTORYDerived from BauhausMovement started when many instructors fled to the US when Bauhaus closedTook its’ root in Chicago“Pictures that attack the eye”

OP ART

Op artists

Victor Vasarely

Hajime Ouchi

Works Citedhttp://poparthistory.webs.com/robertrauschenberg.htm

http://www.art.com/products/p13861781-sa-i2784968/robert-rauschenberg-pop-art-is-transom-c1963.htm

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nation-world/2004412293_rausch14.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rauschenberg

http://simonyshs.wikispaces.com/Pop+Art

http://www.fazzino.com/pop-art-history-evolution.htm

http://sugarluxeblog.com/tag/roy-lichtenstein/